This community innovation has been accepted at the 2026 DHIS2 Annual Conference as a digital poster.
Climate-Sensitive Disease Surveillance using DHIS2
Background: Climate sensitive diseases remain a major public health concern in Nigeria, requiring robust routine surveillance systems to support timely detection and response. The District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) serves as Nigeria’s national platform for routine health data reporting. This study assessed the utility of DHIS2 for monitoring priority climate sensitive diseases and identifying surveillance strengths and gaps. Methodology: Incidence data on malaria, diarrhoea, cerebrospinal meningitis, and typhoid fever (2022–2025) were extracted from the national DHIS2. Data were cleaned and analysed in SPSS v24, assessing reporting completeness, state level variations, disease trends, and associations between disease burden, flooding, and rising temperatures to identify climate linked high impact periods. Results: The analysis revealed substantial variation in reporting across diseases and states. Across the states, severe malaria cases ranged between 8,611 – 16,443. During the study period (2022
Primary Author: Sorbari Igbiri
Keywords:
Climate, DHIS2, Malaria, Diarrhoea, surveillance